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Your University, Your City

Since its founding in 1906, Suffolk University has made a commitment to provide its students with unparalleled experiences and opportunities. Explore our unique downtown Boston location, and then consider the many paths your life might take from here.

In the Heart of Boston

Getting Started

We’re excited that you want to learn more about Suffolk, and we think you’ll like what you find. Whether you’re looking into colleges or graduate school programs, we’re eager to help answer your questions and walk you through the application process.

Why Suffolk?

A Community of Learning

As you start your academic journey, you’ll find a supportive network of faculty, staff, and classmates ready to help you succeed. We let you chart the course your education takes, from traditional classes enriched by real-world experiences to research projects, study abroad, internships, and more.

Life As We Know It

Suffolk places you smack in the heart of Boston, with countless activities at hand and unexpected opportunities around every corner. Whether you’re commuting or living on campus, you’ll find yourself making connections and getting involved.

An Extended Family

When you graduate from Suffolk, you join a strong alumni community that will continue to enrich your life. More than 70,000 living Suffolk alumni stay connected with each other and the University, supporting their alma mater—including current students—in a whole bunch of ways.

Andrew Graff, MBA ’93, CEO of Allen & Gerritsen

Whether you're a student-athlete, an alum, or just looking for the latest game times, you'll find plenty of excitement in Suffolk athletics. We believe that athletic participation and competition are important aspects of the college experience. Lessons discovered through athletic participation contribute to success in a student's college years as well as in their future professional and personal experiences.

Invest in Excellence

Each graduate and friend of Suffolk University has the potential to make Suffolk even greater. We encourage giving at every level, with an emphasis on scholarships for a new generation of Suffolk students. Thank you so much for your support.

Student of Concern Program

Staff members in the Student Affairs Office are available to consult
with faculty, staff, students and family members who may be concerned
about a student for any reason.

Student difficulties may present in a variety of ways while students
are on campus, including poor class attendance, sporadic attendance at
work-study jobs, difficulties with roommates, disturbing writings in
homework assignments, and changes in behavior and personal habits.

While concerned about identified students experience difficulties,
the Student Affairs Office also works to ensure that all members of the
campus community are able to learn, study, teach and live in an
environment that supports academic and personal success.

Making a Referral to the Student Affairs Office

Appropriate referrals to the Student Affairs Office include:

Students who experience personal or academic difficulties that interfere with classroom success

Students who do not attend class(es) regularly or submit homework assignments in a timely fashion

Students who exhibit a poor attitude or behavior that warrants concern and/or whose behavior affects classroom decorum or the rights of other students

Students who have a personal or family concern that may be interfering with their classes

Students who may benefit from campus or community referrals or resources

Students of Concern Advisory Group

To more effectively respond to concerns raised about individual students and/or to balance concerns for individual students with those of other members of the campus community, the Student Affairs Office meets regularly with the Students of Concern Advisory Group. This group comprises representatives from other campus offices with frequent and direct access to students, as well as members of the faculty. With input from group members, efforts will be made to ensure that students can continue to successfully pursue their academic goals while not infringing on the rights of others to do the same. Interventions may occur in a variety of ways, including:

The identification of campus and community resources

Referrals for medical care and mental health support

Tutoring assistance or accommodations for students with documented disabilities

Consultation with family members and/or legal guardians with students’ prior written consent

Counseling Center

Staff in the Suffolk University Counseling Center are available for consultation about students of concern. Contact the Counseling Center at 617.573.8226 or visit 73 Tremont Street, fifth floor, to discuss any concerns you may have. Due to FERPA and HIPAA regulations, as well as Massachusetts state laws, the Center will only share confidential information about students with their prior written consent or if it is determined that they are at risk to harm themselves or others.

Important Contact Information

Please let us know if you have a concern about a student so we can followup with the student and/or work with you to address the concern.

Complete the online Student of Concern Form (please note that online submissions may not be secure). Online submissions will be reviewed by Senior Associate Dean Coyne. In order to develop effective responses for at-risk students, you may be contacted for additional information. It is our hope and expectation that this electronic format will allow us to receive and respond to reports more rapidly and, ultimately, lead to more-effective early interventions.You will be informed when action is taken, although full disclosure concerning the intervention may be limited by the student’s privacy rights